Biarritz (two scenes)

Pierre Daura (Pedro Francisco Daura y Garcia)

1922

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Emanuel Frockas, Count of Feria, was a general in Spanish service. He is seen here in portrait from the waist up, slightly angled towards the right, looking away from the viewer. He wears armor and holds a baton in his left hand. He stands infront of a curtain and cloudy sky. This is from the Gillis Hendricx edition of the Iconography (Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum, Pictorum Chalcographorum Statuorum nec non Amatorum Pictoriae Artis Numero Centum), published in 1645.
A scene of Venice with the Rialto Bridge and the Palazzo dei Camerlengthi featured in the background. Gondolas carrying people and goods populate the river. Elegantly dressed figures stand on the bank at the left.
The Virgin Mary offers the Christ Child a flower as she holds him. He touches her veil with one hand and holds a goldfinch, a symbol of the Passion, in his other hand.
Mother Nurturing Her Young in Pine Tree, Richard Tepe, vintage gelatin print